Soup making: the kids spent hours foraging for vegetables,
cutting them up, and cooking them.
Notice I did not say, "eating them"

(though they did take tastes).

I was sitting on the sofa when I noticed the lighting in the mirror over the piano.

So I took a picture.

That's all.

We turned my son's first deer into bologna and now our freezer is stuffed with long sticks of the stuff. The kids love it, though they all think it could use more black pepper
and therefore smear black pepper all over their slices.

A little confession: sometimes the photos in the quotidian post aren't all from the same week. Sometimes I have leftover photos that I didn't get around to posting and sometimes I have too many so I hold them for the next week. I just wanted you to know that. (Now I feel better.)

Jen--I've loved discovering your blog and hearing what you are up to. So excited that you are headed back to Guatemala and things are falling into place. BTW---I think the ultimate comfort food is hearty greens (collards, kale, chard) with a poached egg on top--a little polenta beneath for an added bonus. Your post had me at the first picture! :) --Melani (Guengerich) Novinger

MELANIE HELLO!!! I am so glad you stopped by to say hi! What a treat! And now I've discovered your blog and have been perusing it in my spare time. (I love Barbara Kingsolver, too!) (And who in your family was in Guatemala recently? Whereabouts?)

My sister, Gail, and her little girl are in Guatemala now. Gail is working on her ESL certification in Antigua. She's doing a few weekend trips--up to Lake Atitlan a couple of weekends ago. I think she may try to head to Monterrico one weekend too. It's fun seeing her pictures--especially the ones that look so much like some I took 18 years ago! (wow--that was a long time ago...)

I'm holding an open house in my home this weekend. The deciding factor of whether to have it at night or during the day? My windows are violently dirty as well...thus, the party will be in the evening! (By the way, please come if you can! "You Can Call Me Jane" will be there selling her lovely cookbooks and providing the yummy food. I'll be selling my handcrafted jewels. And my son will be selling his gorgeous photo cards. Plus I'd really like to meet you in person!) :-)

I love your blog, and am glad you found a way to keep the little guy still while he studies. HOWEVER, you might want to reconsider having him hold the computer on his lap like that - I seem to remember reading that the heat from the computer could be... let's say harmful to your chances of grandchildren.